191 Simplex Mercedes 28-50 Roi des Belges Tourer (1911) LE 8940
Simplex Mercedes 28-50 Roi des Belges Tourer (1911) Engine 7200cc S4 SV
Registration Number LE 8940 (London)
MERCEDES SET
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Emil Jellinek was a wealthy Leipzig-born businessman, and had won the touring car class at the La Turbie hill climb in 1899 at the wheel of one of Gottlied Daimlers cars afterwhich he began selling Daimlers to wealthy enthusiasts on the French Riviera. But the death of Wilhelm Bauer at the wheel of one of these cars in the 1900 running of La Turbie that prompted him to demand something better, with a lower centre of gravity and commissioned the pioneering manufacturer to construct a new car that had to be light, fast, and beautiful, backing his demands with the purchase of 36 such cars in advance at the cost of 550,000 gold marks.
Designed by Daimler's collaborator, Wilhelm Maybach, this 5.9-litre, 35hp model marked the watershed design Advanced features included a pressed-steel chassis, aluminium cylinder block, 'honeycomb' radiator, atomising carburettor, and gate-change gearbox. Maybach's creation debuted at the Nice Speed Week on 25th March 1901. The car was owned by Baron Henri de Rothschild and driven by Wilhelm Werner, but had been entered by Jellinek under the pseudonym 'Mercedes', his daughter's name. (At this time Panhard-Levassor owner the sales rights to Daimler cars in France, hence the need for subterfuge!). Werner outclassed the field and wo days later achieved a maximum speed of 53.5mph along the Promenade des Anglais. Paul Meyan, General Secretary of the Automobile Club de France, declared we have entered the Mercedes era. So successful were the cars that Daimler adopted the name for its passenger cars in 1902.
An entire range of cars of varying capacities and power outputs followed - most notably the Mercedes Simplex - all inspired by that revolutionary original. Within a few years, Mercedes had asserted itself as the foremost make of car in Europe, with various royal households among its customers including George V when on engagements abroad. Then as now the USA was a major poential market and there customers included the likes of William K Vanderbilt and Isaac Guggenheim.
This 1911 car was built shortly after the companies adaption of the three pointed star emblem. this 28/50hp model was delivered in chassis form to Carrosserie Million-Guiet in Levallois-Perret, France, the Mercedes 28/50hp is powered by a 7.2-litre four-cylinder sidevalve engine of fixed 'T'-head configuration, the cylinders being cast in pairs. There is twin-plug ignition, one plug being sited above each inlet valve, the other above the exhaust. This system was originally sparked by a single Bosch magneto but is now supplied with sparks by a Simms magneto (exhaust valve plugs) and a high-tension coil (inlet valve plugs). Lubrication is managed by a Friedmann lubricator, with external oil pipes to all engine bearings and various points on the chassis. Power is transmitted via a scroll clutch to the four-speed gearbox and thence by shaft to the rear axle, there being a separate crown-wheel-and-pinion for each driveshaft. The rear wheel brakes are operated by a hand lever, and there is also a large and powerful transmission brake operated by the brake pedal.
It was first purchased in Paris in 1912 by an English owner. At some time it was drilled to carry a light gun in the first war. A bus body was built by S & A Fuller of Bath when the car was used by a hotel in Buxton. The present 'Roi des Belges' touring body was built by Robinson's of Riverside Road, Norwich completing a restoration in the early 1960s. Shortly before the car was used prominently in the film Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, as the car of Robert Morley, playing the part of a wealthy newspaper proprietor, together with Sarah Miles chauffered by the cars owner.
It was on display at Silverstone to promote it being offered in the forthcoming Bonhams sale at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed were it sold for £ 359,900 incl. auction premiums
Thankyou for a massive 57,862,869 views
Shot 23.04.2017 at the VSCC Formula Vintage Meeting, Silverstone REF 125-191
191 Simplex Mercedes 28-50 Roi des Belges Tourer (1911) LE 8940
Simplex Mercedes 28-50 Roi des Belges Tourer (1911) Engine 7200cc S4 SV
Registration Number LE 8940 (London)
MERCEDES SET
www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623671722255...
Emil Jellinek was a wealthy Leipzig-born businessman, and had won the touring car class at the La Turbie hill climb in 1899 at the wheel of one of Gottlied Daimlers cars afterwhich he began selling Daimlers to wealthy enthusiasts on the French Riviera. But the death of Wilhelm Bauer at the wheel of one of these cars in the 1900 running of La Turbie that prompted him to demand something better, with a lower centre of gravity and commissioned the pioneering manufacturer to construct a new car that had to be light, fast, and beautiful, backing his demands with the purchase of 36 such cars in advance at the cost of 550,000 gold marks.
Designed by Daimler's collaborator, Wilhelm Maybach, this 5.9-litre, 35hp model marked the watershed design Advanced features included a pressed-steel chassis, aluminium cylinder block, 'honeycomb' radiator, atomising carburettor, and gate-change gearbox. Maybach's creation debuted at the Nice Speed Week on 25th March 1901. The car was owned by Baron Henri de Rothschild and driven by Wilhelm Werner, but had been entered by Jellinek under the pseudonym 'Mercedes', his daughter's name. (At this time Panhard-Levassor owner the sales rights to Daimler cars in France, hence the need for subterfuge!). Werner outclassed the field and wo days later achieved a maximum speed of 53.5mph along the Promenade des Anglais. Paul Meyan, General Secretary of the Automobile Club de France, declared we have entered the Mercedes era. So successful were the cars that Daimler adopted the name for its passenger cars in 1902.
An entire range of cars of varying capacities and power outputs followed - most notably the Mercedes Simplex - all inspired by that revolutionary original. Within a few years, Mercedes had asserted itself as the foremost make of car in Europe, with various royal households among its customers including George V when on engagements abroad. Then as now the USA was a major poential market and there customers included the likes of William K Vanderbilt and Isaac Guggenheim.
This 1911 car was built shortly after the companies adaption of the three pointed star emblem. this 28/50hp model was delivered in chassis form to Carrosserie Million-Guiet in Levallois-Perret, France, the Mercedes 28/50hp is powered by a 7.2-litre four-cylinder sidevalve engine of fixed 'T'-head configuration, the cylinders being cast in pairs. There is twin-plug ignition, one plug being sited above each inlet valve, the other above the exhaust. This system was originally sparked by a single Bosch magneto but is now supplied with sparks by a Simms magneto (exhaust valve plugs) and a high-tension coil (inlet valve plugs). Lubrication is managed by a Friedmann lubricator, with external oil pipes to all engine bearings and various points on the chassis. Power is transmitted via a scroll clutch to the four-speed gearbox and thence by shaft to the rear axle, there being a separate crown-wheel-and-pinion for each driveshaft. The rear wheel brakes are operated by a hand lever, and there is also a large and powerful transmission brake operated by the brake pedal.
It was first purchased in Paris in 1912 by an English owner. At some time it was drilled to carry a light gun in the first war. A bus body was built by S & A Fuller of Bath when the car was used by a hotel in Buxton. The present 'Roi des Belges' touring body was built by Robinson's of Riverside Road, Norwich completing a restoration in the early 1960s. Shortly before the car was used prominently in the film Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, as the car of Robert Morley, playing the part of a wealthy newspaper proprietor, together with Sarah Miles chauffered by the cars owner.
It was on display at Silverstone to promote it being offered in the forthcoming Bonhams sale at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed were it sold for £ 359,900 incl. auction premiums
Thankyou for a massive 57,862,869 views
Shot 23.04.2017 at the VSCC Formula Vintage Meeting, Silverstone REF 125-191